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Colquhounia
Sign in to saveColquhounia is a genus of about six species of evergreen or semi-evergreen shrubs or subshrubs in the family Lamiaceae, first described in 1822. They are native to the Himalaya and southwestern China south to Peninsular Malaysia.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassMagnoliopsida
- OrderLamiales
- FamilyLamiaceae
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 31
- With media
- 29
- Family
- Lamiaceae
- Collections
- NY, A, MNHN, GSW, UF
- Recorded in
- India, China, Thailand, Thailande, Nepal, United States
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Colquhounia is a genus of about six species of evergreen or semi-evergreen shrubs or subshrubs in the family Lamiaceae, first described in 1822. They are native to the Himalaya and southwestern China south to Peninsular Malaysia.
They are shrubs growing to tall, rarely to . The aromatic leaves are to long and , finely toothed and borne in opposite pairs on the square stems. The flowers are tubular, two-lipped, and carried on terminal spikes.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Colquhounia” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.